, 2008. Fibreglass stone and airplane. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Purchased 2011. Photo © Roman März](/images/content/menuSeeGallery.png)
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe (Detail), 1770
oil on canvas
152.6 x 214.5 cm
Transfer from the Canadian War Memorials, 1921 (Gift of the 2nd Duke of Westminster, England, 1918)
National Gallery of Canada (no. 8007)
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A Dying Bird, 1980
Mattiusi Iyaituk
Canadian (Inuit), 1950
grey stone and antler with black colouring
15 x 17.7 x 33.7 cm
Gift of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1992
National Gallery of Canada (no. 37424)
© Mattiusi Iyaituk
I was in San Francisco. We were walking along the beach, and I saw a bird covered with oil slick. It was barely moving. Back home, when we see a wounded animal, we kill it to end its suffering. But being in the States, I couldn't do that. When I left and returned home, it was still on my mind. Later I created this sculpture, so the bird would know I was sorry I couldn't help it. - Matiusi Iyaituk, Ottawa, 1998
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